Music at Penn's Woods orchestra festival begins June 19
Music at Penn's Woods, the annual professional summer orchestra festival showcases the talents of community musicians, and Penn State faculty, alumni and students.
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PCN's 'Discover PA Business' to feature Penn State June 23
6/18/13
Penn State will be spotlighted in a new Pennsylvania Cable Network series that profiles the state's economic engines at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 23. “Discover PA Business," a collaboration between PCN and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, began as a monthly series earlier this year.
Wildcat Comic Con 2013 gives costume players the chance to show their skills
6/18/13
Participants at the 2013 Wildcat Comic Con will have the opportunity to bring their own superheroes or supervillains to life – and try to perfect those Halloween costumes a month early – during a Sept. 28 contest on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus in Williamsport.
Andrew Schulz appointed associate dean in the College of Arts and Architecture
6/14/13
Andrew Schulz, associate professor of 18th- and 19th-century art and former head of the Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Oregon, has been appointed associate dean for research in the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture, effective August 1. He replaces Bill Doan, who is returning to full-time faculty in the School of Theatre.
Palmer Museum of Art announces 2013 workshops
6/11/13
The Palmer Museum of Art has announced summer 2013 workshops for children, youth, adults and teachers. Workshops are free, but participants must preregister by contacting the curator of education at 814-863-9188 or dck10@psu.edu. Space is limited -- participants are encouraged to register early.
Penns Valley-based band The Chicken Tractor Deluxe to perform at Palmer Museum
6/11/13
The Palmer Museum of Art will present The Chicken Tractor Deluxe during Art After Hours event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, on the Palmer plaza on Penn State's University Park campus.
New poetry collection by York professor examines suburban life through mythology
6/6/13
Noel Sloboda, assistant professor of English at Penn State York and Harrisburg Shakespeare Company dramaturg (literary consultant), is the author of a second full-length poetry collection, “Our Rarer Monsters,” which was released May 28. Published by Buffalo small press sunnyoutside, “Our Rarer Monsters” features art by Pittsburgh-area artist Marc Snyder.
Nine Inch Nails coming to Bryce Jordan Center
6/6/13
Nine Inch Nails will bring its fall North American tour, Tension 2013, to Penn State on Oct. 19.
Music at Penn's Woods performance rescheduled for June 12 at The Arboretum
6/5/13
Partnering with Mount Nittany Health and The Arboretum at Penn State, Music at Penn's Woods will present an evening of live classical music June 12 within the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens.
‘Four Seasons’ exhibit on display through July 28 at New Kensington gallery
6/5/13
A collection of Bud Gibbons paintings, on loan from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, is on display during June and July in the Art Gallery at Penn State New Kensington. Four 8-feet by 10-feet acrylic on canvas pieces constitute the exhibit, “Four Seasons,” which are landscapes of the annual weather patterns of Westmoreland County in Western Pennsylvania. The New Kensington show features all four seasons together, which is a break from the museum’s traditional showing of each painting during its corresponding season.
Palmer Museum displays 'Mezzotints from the Permanent Collection'
6/4/13
The Palmer Museum of Art is presenting "La Manière Anglaise: Mezzotints from the Permanent Collection," which is currently on view at the Palmer Museum of Art through Aug. 25.
Palmer Museum shows drawings, watercolors by Leon Kelly
6/4/13
The Palmer Museum of Art is presenting "Suspended Contemplation: Drawings and Watercolors by Leon Kelly," which is currently on view at the Palmer Museum of Art through Aug. 11.
National security, civil rights experts to put U.S. drone program on trial
6/3/13
Episode two of "World on Trial," an international human rights television and Web program produced by Penn State Dickinson School of Law, will feature Judge James E. Baker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces as presiding judge, and Jameel Jaffer of the American Civil Liberties Union, and former F-14 pilot and law of war scholar Michael Lewis as lead attorneys. The series presents both sides of sharply contested international human rights issues in the context of courtroom trials before live multinational juries.
Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State announces 2013-14 season
6/3/13
Memphis, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story and Mary Chapin Carpenter-Shawn Colvin acoustic concert highlight the 2013–14 Center for the Performing Arts' season. For more information about becoming a Center for the Performing Arts member, contact Dave Shaffer, assistant director for special programs, at 814-863-1167 or DaveShaffer@psu.edu.
A Q&A on the launch of Penn State's first MOOC
5/29/13
Penn State launched its first massive open online course (MOOC), Introduction to Art: Concepts and Techniques, yesterday – an effort that has been three months in the making. Anna Divinsky, lead faculty member of the Digital Arts Certificate Program at Penn State, has been instrumental in creating the first of the five courses that Penn State is offering this year on the leading MOOC platform, Coursera.
Exhibit celebrates 50 years of plant pathology
5/28/13
"Healthy Plants for a Healthy World: 50 Years of Plant Pathology at Penn State,” an exhibit, will be on display June 5 to Sept. 17, in The Eberly Family Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library, Penn State University Park. General exhibit hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday–Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. The exhibit also will be open during the special events times. Call 814-865-1793 to confirm times.
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Video: Curators give talk, tour at Palmer Museum of Art
4/3/13
At a recent Research Unplugged program at Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art, curators Joyce Robinson and Dana Carlisle Kletchka presented a talk and tour, "Behind the Scenes at the Museum: What Do Curators Do?"
Robinson, curator of art and affiliate associate professor of art history, is a specialist in modern American and European art, and teaches courses primarily on African American art.
Extreme action artist to entertain the community
4/8/13
Extreme action artist Tom Varano will perform at noon, Tuesday, April 23, in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. This event is free and open to the public.
Pegula Ice Arena groundbreaking
4/23/12
April 20, 2012
PCN's 'Discover PA Business' to feature Penn State June 23
6/18/13
Penn State will be spotlighted in a new Pennsylvania Cable Network series that profiles the state's economic engines at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 23. “Discover PA Business," a collaboration between PCN and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, began as a monthly series earlier this year.
Wildcat Comic Con 2013 gives costume players the chance to show their skills
6/18/13
Participants at the 2013 Wildcat Comic Con will have the opportunity to bring their own superheroes or supervillains to life – and try to perfect those Halloween costumes a month early – during a Sept. 28 contest on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus in Williamsport.
Andrew Schulz appointed associate dean in the College of Arts and Architecture
6/14/13
Andrew Schulz, associate professor of 18th- and 19th-century art and former head of the Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Oregon, has been appointed associate dean for research in the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture, effective August 1. He replaces Bill Doan, who is returning to full-time faculty in the School of Theatre.
Palmer Museum of Art announces 2013 workshops
6/11/13
The Palmer Museum of Art has announced summer 2013 workshops for children, youth, adults and teachers. Workshops are free, but participants must preregister by contacting the curator of education at 814-863-9188 or dck10@psu.edu. Space is limited -- participants are encouraged to register early.
Penns Valley-based band The Chicken Tractor Deluxe to perform at Palmer Museum
6/11/13
The Palmer Museum of Art will present The Chicken Tractor Deluxe during Art After Hours event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, on the Palmer plaza on Penn State's University Park campus.
Music at Penn's Woods orchestra festival begins June 19
6/10/13
Music at Penn's Woods, the annual professional summer orchestra festival showcases the talents of community musicians, and Penn State faculty, alumni and students.
New poetry collection by York professor examines suburban life through mythology
6/6/13
Noel Sloboda, assistant professor of English at Penn State York and Harrisburg Shakespeare Company dramaturg (literary consultant), is the author of a second full-length poetry collection, “Our Rarer Monsters,” which was released May 28. Published by Buffalo small press sunnyoutside, “Our Rarer Monsters” features art by Pittsburgh-area artist Marc Snyder.
Nine Inch Nails coming to Bryce Jordan Center
6/6/13
Nine Inch Nails will bring its fall North American tour, Tension 2013, to Penn State on Oct. 19.
Music at Penn's Woods performance rescheduled for June 12 at The Arboretum
6/5/13
Partnering with Mount Nittany Health and The Arboretum at Penn State, Music at Penn's Woods will present an evening of live classical music June 12 within the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens.
‘Four Seasons’ exhibit on display through July 28 at New Kensington gallery
6/5/13
A collection of Bud Gibbons paintings, on loan from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, is on display during June and July in the Art Gallery at Penn State New Kensington. Four 8-feet by 10-feet acrylic on canvas pieces constitute the exhibit, “Four Seasons,” which are landscapes of the annual weather patterns of Westmoreland County in Western Pennsylvania. The New Kensington show features all four seasons together, which is a break from the museum’s traditional showing of each painting during its corresponding season.